Jordan
Member
I'm loading for optimum accuracy in .308.
I've just had a new barrel installed. I have a ton of match brass that I had been shooting out of my old barrel.
I've found that accuracy with my first loading is poor compared to subsequent loadings of the same brass. This is, no doubt, due to the fact that the brass has been fireformed to my new chamber.
My question: How can I fireform say a couple hundred rnds of this old brass to my new chamber without wasting a lot of bullets, a lot of powder, and (my biggest concern) greatly accelerating the wear on this new barrel.
I'd just go out and shoot it all once except that the accuracy really isn't great and that's the whole reason I'm shooting this particular rifle... feel I'm wasting my time and money.
Here's another Idea-- should I talk to the machinist/gunsmith who chambered this barrel about making me a sizing die with the same reamer he used to chamber the barrel?? That would be one way to get a good fit.
I've just had a new barrel installed. I have a ton of match brass that I had been shooting out of my old barrel.
I've found that accuracy with my first loading is poor compared to subsequent loadings of the same brass. This is, no doubt, due to the fact that the brass has been fireformed to my new chamber.
My question: How can I fireform say a couple hundred rnds of this old brass to my new chamber without wasting a lot of bullets, a lot of powder, and (my biggest concern) greatly accelerating the wear on this new barrel.
I'd just go out and shoot it all once except that the accuracy really isn't great and that's the whole reason I'm shooting this particular rifle... feel I'm wasting my time and money.
Here's another Idea-- should I talk to the machinist/gunsmith who chambered this barrel about making me a sizing die with the same reamer he used to chamber the barrel?? That would be one way to get a good fit.